Scanning Information Into The Electronic Health Record (EHR) It’s a fact. Without HIM best practices for scanning information into the electronic health record (EHR), organizations run the risk of poor quality images that are unreadable, unreliable, and that could pose significant risk to patients. It isn’t difficult to imagine a scenario in which a physician can’t make a critical medical …

Each of us has the power to change our lives as well as the lives of those around us. This is the theme of a recent article I read by Jeff Haden titled 19 Things Remarkable People Think Every Day. The article, which was published on Inc.com, includes a lot of salient points that are relevant to HIM professionals. My …

The iPhone 6 was released a couple weeks ago and Apple lovers around the world rejoiced. The new model includes advanced technology and improvements to the last version. But there’s a problem. The iPhone is breaking in half, partly because of how it’s being used and cared for. Similar to the iPhone challenge is the introduction of electronic medical records …